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Re: Royals and Dodgers Trade

This trade is further support that the Reds had to pay the market price for two "quality" relievers. You can hate the trade all you want, but they paid what they had to...too many teams still think they're in it, like the Dodgers.

Re: Royals and Dodgers Trade

Originally Posted by Brian

This trade is further support that the Reds had to pay the market price for two "quality" relievers. You can hate the trade all you want, but they paid what they had to...too many teams still think they're in it, like the Dodgers.

I don't think the "market value" is even the issue in the Kearns/Lopez deal. Most of the negative comments I've seen are saying that if that *was* the price for middle relief (I'm going to abstain from the use of the word "quality") then we would have just as soon seen Krivsky go after Wickman or Williamson than make the deal he did.

Re: Royals and Dodgers Trade

Originally Posted by Brian

This trade is further support that the Reds had to pay the market price for two "quality" relievers. You can hate the trade all you want, but they paid what they had to...too many teams still think they're in it, like the Dodgers.

The Bob Wickman trade seems to undercut your assertion. And so does the Guardado trade.

This trade only proves that the Dodgers hated Odalis Perez as much as the Reds hated Lopez and Kearns.

BTW - Perez has been awful for the past two seasons, while Lopez and Kearns have performed well above average.

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